One of Morocco’s Few Locally Owned Surf Camps Marks Nine Years in Tamraght

Salt House Morocco Turns Nine: How a Tamraght Surf Camp Built on Local Roots Earned a 4.8-Star Reputation

Tamraght, Morocco – April 28, 2026 / Salt House Morocco /

Salt House Morocco is marking nine years in Tamraght this season — nine years of the same coaches, the same six-to-one ratio, and the same home-cooked meals that guests have been writing reviews about since 2017. The 4.8-star rating that has followed the camp across platforms for nearly a decade was not engineered. It came from the same place the camp itself did: a decision by founder El Yazid Kanane to do things properly, even when doing them at scale would have been easier.

How It Started

Kanane opened Salt House Morocco in Tamraght at a time when the surf tourism market along the Atlantic coast was growing fast. New camps and surf schools were opening regularly, many of them run by foreign operators drawn by the coastline’s reputation and the steady flow of European travellers heading south each winter. Kanane went a different direction. He kept groups small — six surfers per coach, no exceptions — and built the camp around a fully all-inclusive model that covered lessons, accommodation, meals, yoga, and transfers from the airport. Guests would arrive and everything would already be sorted.

Every person working at Salt House Morocco is Moroccan. That has been true since day one. It matters not because it makes for a good story but because it changes the experience. Guests are introduced to the water by people who grew up next to it. The village, the food, the culture — none of it is performed for tourists. It is just there, because the people running the camp are from it.

“From the beginning, I wanted guests to experience Morocco through the people who actually live here,” said El Yazid Kanane, founder and manager of Salt House Morocco. “The 6:1 ratio has never changed because that is where real progress in the water happens, and real conversations on land happen. We have hosted surfers from over 30 countries through that model, and the 4.8 stars reflects what they found when they arrived.”

What the Camp Offers

Salt House Morocco runs surf lessons across all levels, from guests who have never stood on a board to intermediate surfers working on reading Atlantic point breaks. For those looking to push their progression further, the camp offers filmed video analysis sessions — coaches review footage with guests after sessions to work on specific technique in a way that is difficult to do in the water. Longboard coaching is available as a dedicated programme, covering the footwork, timing, and wave selection that make longboarding on the breaks around Tamraght genuinely enjoyable rather than just manageable. Surf skate training runs on land as a way of building the movement patterns that carry over directly to surfing, particularly useful on flat days or as a warm-up discipline.

For guests who want to spend time exploring the coastline rather than working on specific skills, guided surf sessions put the camp’s local knowledge to use — coaches pick the spots based on what the swell, tide, and wind are doing that day, rotating between Banana Beach, Devil’s Rock, and the surrounding breaks depending on who is in the water and what they need.

Why Tamraght

Taghazout, a short drive north, has changed considerably over the past decade. The surf infrastructure that built up around it brought crowds, development, and a strip that during peak season feels more like a surf resort corridor than a coastal village. Tamraght moved at a slower pace. Salt House Morocco is in the residential part of the village — the market, the cafes, the beachfront are all walkable, and the breaks the camp uses are not the ones filling up by 8am.

For the British, French, Belgian, Dutch, and German guests who make up most of the camp’s bookings, the difference between the two villages is something they tend to notice and appreciate. They came to surf in Morocco, not to be processed through it.

Life at the Camp

The all-inclusive package covers everything from the airport transfer to the last meal of the stay. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are prepared on-site by the Salt House Morocco kitchen team — Moroccan food, made properly, with dietary requirements handled without fuss. Morning yoga runs before surf each day, focused on the mobility and breathing that make a difference after two hours in Atlantic swell. Moroccan cooking classes give guests a chance to learn the dishes they have been eating all week. Cultural excursions to Paradise Valley and the souks of Agadir run throughout the week alongside evening activities — movie nights, music nights, communal dinners — that reflect the rhythm of the village rather than a scheduled entertainment programme.

The 4.8-star rating has held through several years of disrupted travel and a heavily changed competitive landscape. Kanane runs the camp the same way it has always been run. The team is the same. The ratio is the same. The food is the same. That consistency is not something that happened by accident.

About Salt House Morocco

Salt House Morocco is one of the few surf camps on Morocco’s Atlantic coast founded and run entirely by Moroccan nationals. Based in Tamraght between Agadir and Taghazout, the camp has operated since 2017 under founder El Yazid Kanane. It offers surf lessons for all levels, intermediate coaching with video analysis, longboard coaching, surf skate training, guided surf sessions, yoga, Moroccan cooking classes, and cultural excursions — with a maximum of six surfers per ISA-certified instructor and a team made up entirely of local staff. The camp is open year-round and runs at full capacity between October and April.

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